What is Osteopathy?

Your initial consultation includes:

• A detailed discussion about your symptoms, health history, lifestyle, and goals

• Movement and physical assessment

• Explanation of findings

• Hands-on treatment where appropriate

• Individualised management planning

Treatment may include:

• Joint mobilisation

• Soft tissue techniques

• Stretching and mobility work

• Exercise rehabilitation

• Movement assessment and retraining

• Postural and ergonomic advice

• Education and self-management strategies

Osteopathic treatment can be combined with movement-based rehabilitation principles to help support both short and long-term outcomes.

Osteopathy may assist with a wide range of musculoskeletal concerns, including:

• Back pain

• Neck pain

• Headaches and migraines

• Hip and pelvic pain

• Shoulder pain

• Postural strain

• Sports and gym-related injuries

• Pregnancy-related discomfort

• Jaw pain (TMJ dysfunction)

• Muscle tension and stiffness

• Persistent pain presentations

• Mobility and movement concerns

• and many more conditions

If you are unsure whether Osteopathy is appropriate for your situation, feel free to get in touch before booking.

Dry needling is a technique that uses fine, sterile needles to target sensitive or tight areas within muscles and surrounding soft tissues.

It may be used as part of your osteopathic treatment to help reduce muscle tension, improve movement and settle areas that are particularly irritable or difficult to release with hands-on techniques alone.

Dry needling is always used within the context of a broader assessment and treatment plan, rather than as a stand-alone treatment.

It may be considered for:

• Muscle tightness and trigger points

• Neck and shoulder tension

• Back pain

• Sports-related muscle pain

• Persistent muscular discomfort

• Restricted movement

Treatment is tailored to your presentation, comfort and goals, and consent is obtained before dry needling is used.

Shockwave therapy uses controlled acoustic pulses applied to an area of soft tissue to stimulate a local physiological response.

It is most commonly incorporated into rehabilitation for certain persistent tendon and soft-tissue presentations, particularly where symptoms have not responded fully to rest, exercise or other conservative management.

Shockwave is generally used alongside progressive rehabilitation rather than as a replacement for exercise.

It may be considered for presentations such as:

• Plantar heel pain

• Achilles tendinopathy

• Patellar tendinopathy

• Lateral elbow tendinopathy

• Certain shoulder tendon conditions

• Other persistent tendon-related pain

Following assessment, we can discuss whether shockwave is appropriate for your condition and how it may fit into your broader rehabilitation plan.

Cupping uses suction applied to the skin and superficial soft tissues using specially designed cups.

It may be incorporated into osteopathic treatment to help temporarily reduce feelings of muscular tightness, improve local movement and provide a different form of soft-tissue input.

Cupping is commonly used alongside hands-on treatment, mobility work and rehabilitation exercises.

It may be considered for:

• Muscle tightness

• Back and shoulder tension

• Restricted movement

• Post-exercise soreness

• Areas of persistent soft-tissue sensitivity

Cupping can sometimes leave temporary circular marks on the skin. These are generally harmless and usually fade over several days.